Box Hill (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,672 people in Box Hill (Vic.) of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Box Hill (Vic.) was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Box Hill (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 41.3% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Box Hill (Vic.) was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Box Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 40.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Box Hill (Vic.) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Box Hill (Vic.) 39.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.8% were in primary school, 12.4% in secondary school and 43.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Box Hill (Vic.) were Chinese 26.7%, English 16.6%, Australian 15.3%, Irish 5.7% and Scottish 4.4%.

In Box Hill (Vic.), 42.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 20.4%, India 4.2%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.1%, Malaysia 2.9% and Vietnam 1.7%.

In Box Hill (Vic.), 31.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Box Hill (Vic.) were No Religion 33.9%, Catholic 17.2%, Buddhism 8.5%, Anglican 6.7% and Uniting Church 4.2%.

In Box Hill (Vic.) 45.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 19.0%, Cantonese 9.8%, Italian 1.5%, Hindi 1.5% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 4,752 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Box Hill (Vic.). Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Box Hill (Vic.), 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Box Hill (Vic.) was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Box Hill (Vic.) included Professionals 28.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.1%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Box Hill (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.6%, Hospitals 4.6%, School Education 3.6%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Box Hill (Vic.) was $453.

In Box Hill (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.0%, Train 15.2%, Walked only 7.2%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 25.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Box Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.1% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.4% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Box Hill (Vic.), 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Box Hill (Vic.), 39.8% were couple families with children, 40.5% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Box Hill (Vic.) 22.1% of single parents were male and 77.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Box Hill (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,630 and those without children was $1,757.

Employment status of couple families

In Box Hill (Vic.), of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 21.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Box Hill (Vic.), 90.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Box Hill (Vic.), 36.8% were separate houses, 34.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Box Hill (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 10.0% had 1 bedroom, 43.4% had 2 bedrooms and 27.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Box Hill (Vic.), 24.5% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 49.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Box Hill (Vic.), of all households, 60.4% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 9.3% were group households.

In Box Hill (Vic.), 31.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Box Hill (Vic.), 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Box Hill (Vic.), there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 54.5%) were male and 10 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 28 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Box Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,343.

In Box Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $177 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.